The purpose of your dream is not in achieving the dream itself, but rather the person you become in the process of achieving it. (Tweet This | Share on Facebook | Post on LinkedIn)

All that Glitters is NOT Gold.

For $18,995 and one click it could be yours on ebay—that is, if your dream is to have an Olympic gold medal in swimming. Whether or not the dream does anything for you after you click the BUY IT NOW button—well, that’s an entirely different matter.

Some dreams can be purchased with dollars. Others can only be earned after years of training and gallons of sweat. Just ask Michael Phelps, the all-time record holder for Olympic gold medals. Winning 18 total, he understands these precious medals don’t come without intense dedication and commitment.

Compare a deserved one—obtained by strict athletic training — to securing one through an ebay auction. When you obtain an Olympic gold medal with mere money, don’t expect your life to change much.

We see this similar phenomenon with lottery winners. Rather than thanking “Skill” and “Talent,” winners can only thank “Luck” and “Chance” instead. This is why lottery winners often act like losers. Headlines swirl all over the Internet with such stories:

• How One Lottery Winner Blew Through $10 Million in Less Than 10 Years
• Why Winning Powerball Won’t Make You Happy
• 70 percent of Americans who experience a sudden windfall will lose that money within a few years.

Why the Lottery Won’t Help You Either

Remember, money doesn’t reward you or even ruin you. Instead, it simply reveals you. Interestingly, the majority of lottery winners experience personal and professional tragedy shortly after they achieve their “dream.” The late personal growth guru Jim Rohn explains why:

“Pity the man who inherits a million dollars and who isn’t a millionaire. Here’s what would be pitiful: If your income grew and you didn’t.”

Inheriting a windfall of money might seem appealing, but unless you grow into the person worthy of that money, your shortcomings will only be magnified with more money.

Rohn often distinguished between the person who earned a million dollars and the person who inherited a million dollars. Obviously, the person who legitimately earned the money has major advantages.

“After you become a millionaire, you can give all of your money away because what’s important is not the million dollars; what’s important is the person you have become in the process of becoming a millionaire.”

These truths are relevant to our topic of Dream Jobs too.

I Will Show You the Door

In 2014, I’m going to show you how to launch your dream job and leave your day job. That’s quite easy—and it’s largely dependent upon me, and my instruction.

What’s much more difficult is for you to become the type of person worthy of your dream. That’s quite hard—and it’s largely dependent upon you, and your transformation.

You’ll feel like quitting—but don’t. If you do, you’ll only be quitting on your potential—the person you could become. Quitters feel the sting of defeat forever because they’ve placed a “cap” on their own growth. Quitters draw a line in the sand and declare their unwillingness to overcome obstacles.

I want you to be free in 2014. But, unfortunately, I can only show you the door. You’ll have to walk through it.

Sunday night I take 12 people on a deeper journey . We kick off the first Shawshank Mastermind™ Group—a component of Dream Job Bootcamp™. I’m thrilled because these aren’t the type of people sitting around buying gold medals on ebay or waiting to win the lottery. Nope. They’re becoming the type of people worthy of their Dream Job.

Are you?

The purpose of your dream is not in achieving the dream itself, but rather the person you become in the process of achieving it. (Tweet This | Share on Facebook | Post on LinkedIn)

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QUESTION: What’s one thing you will do in 2014 to become the type of person worthy of your Dream Job?

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